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more tea vicar?
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stethoscope
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* Goes away to put on Jilted Generation!
Paulie Tandoori
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it's a damn good cja-era tune innit
audiotech
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Yep, on my car CD player right now. Fat of the Land is good too.
cozmikbrew
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is ,that artworks shit hot,but it really pissed me off when Liam went on a rant saying he wanted nothing to do with Road protesters etc
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FridgeMagnet
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I was just popping in to say how embarrassing the artwork is now 
Of it's time I suppose. The album's certainly great anyway.
Of it's time I suppose. The album's certainly great anyway.cozmikbrew
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I was just popping in to say how embarrassing the artwork is now
Yeah very much of its time,still good though,thats why Liams rant pissed me off so much,iconic artwork(for its time) an the album title itself,then basically disowning(for want of a better term) the 'Jilted generation' well jilting us basically! Pop stars eh?
hermitical
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men boys and white man dreads - embarrassing
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
The political posturing was pretty shameful as it turned out. Puzzlingly popular though, i never quite understood why it was so huge. Sure it was some great music but how did the UK really get into it? Maybe the great live act?
Paulie Tandoori
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yeh, he was a bit of a dick on that one tbf.is ,that artworks shit hot,but it really pissed me off when Liam went on a rant saying he wanted nothing to do with Road protesters etc
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Are we still on The Prodigy?
The term 'techno punk' helped, as did the dancing when they started off. The videos well produced sent out a vibe that matched the moment. Keith Flint's attitude too was crucial, despite being a vicars son, or probably because he was a son of a vicar?
Firestarter was the track that got them noticed big time. Charlie produced earlier and the sample used in it also helped to get them noticed.
At the time when they first started they were original and Liam has a good ear for what should be included, or left out of the mix, which is the main reason for their success. Production has been consistently top notch.
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I would suggest smart in not wanting to be a political spokesperson to be easily labelled and open to ridicule, when music is your chosen art form, not agit prop.
I was just popping in to say how embarrassing the artwork is now
FridgeMagnet
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As much as they're very good there's also a big slice of right place, right time. They made some cracking rave tunes at the right time, and then moved on in the right direction with Jilted and Fat Of The Land. Now, they have the undying affection of music journos who grew up in that period.
I'm just watching Out Of Space on youtube now - wtf is up with all the ostriches?
I'm just watching Out Of Space on youtube now - wtf is up with all the ostriches?
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
I remember being off my head and my friend trying to explain that the entire album was a concept album, explaining what every single noise meant.
FridgeMagnet
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What I'm remembering is that they managed to come out of the hardcore sector at about the time when the music-buying populace was people for whom rave was something the older kids did when they were at school.
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FWIW, a favourite track of mine.
spawnofsatan
Down by the river
Careful, it'll take your brain to another dimension.
Apathy
Roll us yer cap Grandad!!
i think one of em dropped some acid and was driving about when they came across an escaped ostrich. great anecdote but it mite be made up i rckon just to spice up they're otherwise very boring biography.
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My brain is already there.
Hmm, yeah, i agree. Breathe was a good tune tho, and the vid was amazing.
audiotech
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Firestarter got more complaints when shown on top of the pops than any record before it and probably since. Anything that pisses of the angry of Tunbridge Wells is something to proud of.
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It is almost certain that those complained did indeed think the record "was shite", but the main reason for the vast majority of the complaints were the usual trotted out moral outrage we see from the likes of the Mary Whitehouse's of this land, talking about the 'corruption of youth' and similar expressed bollocks.
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